EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -What is an Abacus? An abacus is a calculation tool used by sliding counters along rods or grooves, used to perform mathematical functions. In addition to calculating the basic functions of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, the abacus can calculate roots up to the cubic degree.

Detailed explanation-2: -The abacus (plural abaci or abacuses), also called a counting frame, is a calculating tool which has been used since ancient times.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mesopotamian or Sumerian is one of the oldest human civilizations. The people of Sumerian civilization used the first abacus for counting. The old Babylonian scholars used their sexagesimal system in the abacus for mathematical functions like addition and subtraction.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first tool created specifically for use in mathematical computations was the abacus, likely invented in Sumeria around 2500 B.C. The abacus was a table of successive columns with beads or stones representing a single unit, which could be used for addition or subtraction.